Garhwa med shops, clinics remain closed

GARHWA: All medical shops and private clinics across the district kept their shutters down on Tuesday to protest against the assault on Dr JP Singh on Sunday after the death of a dengue patient.
Even OPD services both in Garhwa Sadar hospital and Nagar Untari sub-hospital came to a standstill owing to the agitation by the doctors. Patients from rural areas who came for treatment had to face a harrowing time when they saw the OPD closed.
Expressing solidarity with the Indian Medical Association (IMA), chemist and druggist association has also come out in support of the doctor, said the association's president Sanjay Thakur.
Meanwhile, the dharna of IMA officials at sadar hospital was called off on Tuesday at 4 pm after assurances given by DC R P Sinha and SP Mayur Patel that all those who were involved in the incident would soon be detained. Besides all demands of the IMA including providing security to the doctors were also conceded, said the IMA president Dr M Yasin Ansari.
Among those who staged the dharna included civil surgeon Raj Mohan, RCH officer Kanhaiya Prasad, Dr Pushpa Sehgal, Dr Kaushal Sehgal, Dr JP Singh, Dr Ragini Agrawal, Dr Umeshwari Kumari, Dr Vijay Kumar Bharti and Dr Sushil Raman.